Idioms — 1, Word Wheel
Какие слова из трёх букв вы знаете? Английские слова, я имею в виду. Чтобы разгадать ребус на этой странице, нужно 15 трёхбуквенных слов, причём каждое из них — или часть идиомы, или обладатель переносного значения. Enjoy!
Fill each of the 16 spaces of the wheel with a three-letter word that is the same as the word on each side of it except for one letter. (Like PIG — PEG — LEG — LOG, etc.) Start with the given word FIN and continue around the wheel. There is a hint for each answer word (in no particular order).
Hints:
- cut _____s with someone — to end or discontinue a relationship
- hail a _____ — to signal to a taxi that you want to be picked up
- have a finger in every _____ — to be involved in a lot of different activities and have influence over them, especially when other people think that this is annoying
- have another string/more strings to your _____ — to have more than one skill or plan that you can use if you need to
- think out of the _____ — to think about something, or how to do something, in a way that is new, different or shows imagination
- you could hear a _____ drop — it was extremely quiet
- _____ — a person who is clever and able to get what they want by influencing or tricking other people
- till the _____s come home — for a very long time
- _____ — the long hard part of the corn plant that the rows of yellow grains grow on
- wipe something off the _____ — to destroy or remove something completely
- off the _____ of your head — just guessing or using your memory, without taking time to think carefully or check the facts
- a feather in your _____ — an action that you can be proud of
- a _____ of curly red hair — a mass of thick, often untidy, hair
- from top to _____ — completely; all over
- _____ somebody with a look, stare, gaze — to look directly at somebody for a long time
I give up, show me the answer!
fin — fix — fox — box — bow — cow — cob — cab — cap — map — mop — top — toe — tie — pie — pin
- fix somebody with a look, stare, gaze — to look directly at somebody for a long time
- fox — a person who is clever and able to get what they want by influencing or tricking other people
- think out of the box — to think about something, or how to do something, in a way that is new, different or shows imagination
- have another string/more strings to your bow — to have more than one skill or plan that you can use if you need to
- till the cows come home — for a very long time
- cob — the long hard part of the corn plant that the rows of yellow grains grow on
- hail a cab — to signal to a taxi that you want to be picked up
- a feather in your cap — an action that you can be proud of
- wipe something off the map — to destroy or remove something completely
- a mop of curly red hair — a mass of thick, often untidy, hair
- off the top of your head — just guessing or using your memory, without taking time to think carefully or check the facts
- from top to toe — completely; all over
- cut ties with someone — to end or discontinue a relationship
- have a finger in every pie — to be involved in a lot of different activities and have influence over them, especially when other people think that this is annoying
- you could hear a pin drop — it was extremely quiet
Дополнительное упражнение на эти идиомы: Idioms with Three-Letter Words.